Newport (pop. 4,400) is located near the Canadian border with Vermont. Natural attractions in the area include Lake Memphremagog and Owl's Head Mountain which rises 3,360 feet.
Sugarmill Farm is located in Barton in Vermont's "Northeast Kingdom". A tour of the farm includes the maple groves, syrup-making facilities, a maple museum and a short videotape presentation.
Address: The Sugarmill Farm, Route 16, Barton, VT 05822, United States
Phone: 1 (802) 525-3701, Fax: 1 (802) 525-4746
The Old Stone House Museum in Brownington is located in the Athenian Hall which was built in 1836 by the first African American to graduate from college. It was originally a dormitory for school children. The museum features historical items and art works.
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is an early 1900's structure located on the United States and Canada international boundary in Derby Line.
The opera house stage is in Canada and the seating in the United States. The library offers books in both French in English and may be staffed by either Americans or Canadians.
The Bread and Puppet Museum is located in an 1800s barn and presents puppets and masks and reenactments of the Bread and Puppet Theater. It also offers paper-mache workshops, woodcut printing, bread making, and outdoor performances during the summer months.
Jay Peak offers 2,153ft/656m of vertical ski terrain. The hill features a variety of runs targeted at intermediate and advanced skiers with some terrain for beginners as well. Seven lifts service 385 acres between two interconnected mountains.
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